CARROLL, Thomas Richard
| Service Number: | 4469 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stanley, Tasmania, Australia, 18 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Irish Town, Circular Head, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 3, Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stanley Circular Head War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4469, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4469, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4469, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 4469, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4469 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
On 4 September 1916 Thomas Richard Carroll was killed in action at Mouquet Farm in the Pozieres area of France, while serving with the 52nd Battalion. Creating confusion to all was the fact his cousin 4470 Richard Thomas Carroll, who enlisted with him from Irishtown in Tasmania and was serving in the same unit, was also killed in action on the same day at Mouquet Farm.
Thomas Richard Carroll was born in 1892 and his mother died just after his birth. He had 8 brothers and sisters, one of them, 3275 Pte. Harry Michael Carroll 12th Battalion AIF, was killed in action about a fortnight before at Pozieres, 19 August 1916.
Thomas was listed as missing for a long time until confirmed as killed in action. His remains were discovered by the Graves Unit in late 1923 and reinterred in the Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery. His two recovered identity discs were sent back home to his sister in 1924.
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